  {"id":197499,"date":"2024-05-14T13:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T23:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=197499"},"modified":"2024-05-14T13:33:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T23:33:56","slug":"water-polo-ends-record-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/14\/water-polo-ends-record-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahine water polo ends record season at <abbr>NCAA<\/abbr> semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-athletics-ncaa-water-polo.jpg\" alt=\"water polo player with ball\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-athletics-ncaa-water-polo.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-athletics-ncaa-water-polo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-athletics-ncaa-water-polo-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa\u2019s <abbr title=\"Number\">No.<\/abbr><br \/>\n 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\">women\u2019s water polo<\/a> team season came to an end with a 9-6 fall against California in the semifinals of the Women\u2019s National Collegiate Water Polo Championship at the Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley, California.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> junior Bernadette Doyle closed the season with a hat trick and sophomore center Bia Mantellato Dias scored two of <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s three goals in the first half to finish the season with a team-high 64. Goalkeeper Daisy Logtens made 11 saves and closed her freshman year with 211, the eighth-highest single season total in program history.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>NCAA<\/abbr> semifinals capped Mauren Cole\u2019s farewell season as head coach. Cole announced in November that she should retire following the 2024 season, and the Rainbow Wahine (23-4)  gave her a historic sendoff that included the program&#8217;s ascent to its highest national ranking and <abbr>NCAA<\/abbr> tournament seed.<\/p>\n<p>Cole spent 18 years in the program, starting as an assistant coach, and closed her career by leading <abbr>UH<\/abbr> to its eighth <abbr>NCAA<\/abbr> Championship appearance overall and fifth during her head coaching tenure. Associate Head Coach James Robinson will step into the role next season.<\/p>\n<p>The season was also highlighted by <abbr>UH<\/abbr>&#8216;s first win over Stanford, two over University of Southern California, and a perfect run through the Big West season to claim the regular-season and tournament titles. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> posted its highest win total since 2001, and the 2024 Rainbow Wahine set a program record with an .852 winning percentage.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the season, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2024\/5\/11\/womens-water-polo-historic-water-polo-season-ends-in-ncaa-semifinal.aspx\">HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa women\u2019s water polo team finished the season with a team-high 64 goals and 211 saves. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,714,9,550,1575],"class_list":["post-197499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-water-polo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197499"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197609,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197499\/revisions\/197609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}